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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.parser;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;

/**
 * Parses the output from a text based layout into instances of {@link LogEvent}.
 */
public interface TextLogEventParser extends LogEventParser {

    /**
     * Parses a String, which is expected to contain exactly one log event.
     *
     * @param input  the string
     *
     * @return the parsed LogEvent, never {@code null}.
     * @throws ParseException if the input is malformed and cannot be parsed as a LogEvent
     */
    LogEvent parseFrom(String input) throws ParseException;
}
